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Amsterdam Tales

Amsterdam Tales

Author(s): Paul Vincent

Location(s): Amsterdam

Genre(s): Short Stories

Era(s): Various

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In this volume Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs and anecdotes centring on Amsterdam from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. His selection offers a rare insight into the history and culture of the city. The subjects range from Rembrandt to the persecution of the Jews in World War 2, from barricades in a working-class district during the Depression to a writer’s unhealthy obsession with a massage parlour. These eighteen newly-translated tales give the reader, and the traveller, a tantalizing glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks.

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Author: tripfiction

Amsterdam Tales is an eclectic collection of eighteen short stories and essays set in Amsterdam ranging from the 17th century through to the present day. The collection is expertly edited by Helen Constantine and...

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